231.01 (4) (c) All rents and other net revenues from the operation of the real property, improvements, or personal property on the project site by a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution on and after the date on which the contract between a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution and the authority was entered into, but prior to the occupancy date, shall reduce the sum of all costs in this subsection.
20,2022
Section
2022. 231.01 (5n) of the statutes is created to read:
231.01
(5n) "Nonprofit entity" means an entity that is described in section
501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is exempt from federal income tax under section
501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
20,2023
Section
2023. 231.01 (5p) of the statutes is created to read:
231.01 (5p) "Nonprofit facility" means a facility that is owned or operated by a nonprofit entity.
20,2024
Section
2024. 231.01 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:
231.01 (6m) "Participating nonprofit institution" means a nonprofit entity, or an affiliate of a nonprofit entity, that undertakes the financing and construction or acquisition of a project or undertakes the refunding or refinancing of obligations or of a mortgage or of advances as provided in this chapter and is not any of the following:
1. An entity authorized by state law to provide or operate an educational facility or an affiliate of an entity authorized by state law to provide or operate an educational facility.
2. An entity authorized by state law to provide or operate a health facility or an affiliate of an entity authorized by state law to provide or operate a health facility.
3. An entity authorized by state law to provide or operate a research facility or an affiliate of an entity authorized by state law to provide or operate a research facility.
20,2025
Section
2025. 231.01 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
231.01 (7) (a) 1. A specific health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility work or improvement to be refinanced, acquired, constructed, enlarged, remodeled, renovated, improved, furnished, or equipped by the authority with funds provided in whole or in part under this chapter.
20,2026
Section
2026. 231.01 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
231.01 (7) (a) 2. One or more structures suitable for use as a research facility, nonprofit facility, health facility, laboratory, laundry, nurses' or interns' residence or other multi-unit housing facility for staff, employees, patients or relatives of patients admitted for treatment or care in a health facility, physician's facility, administration building, nonprofit facility, research facility, maintenance, storage, or utility facility.
20,2027
Section
2027. 231.01 (7) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
231.01 (7) (a) 4. Any structure useful for the operation of a health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility, including facilities or supporting service structures essential or convenient for the orderly conduct of the health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility.
20,2028
Section
2028. 231.01 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
231.01 (7) (c) "Project" may include more than one project, and it may include any combination of projects undertaken jointly by any participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution with one or more other participating health institutions, participating educational institutions, participating nonprofit institutions, or participating research institutions.
20,2029
Section
2029. 231.02 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
231.02 (6) (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it is not a conflict of interest or violation of this section or of any other law for a trustee, director, officer, or employee of a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution or for a person having the required favorable reputation for skill, knowledge, and experience in state and municipal finance or for a person having the required favorable reputation for skill, knowledge, and experience in the field of health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility architecture to serve as a member of the authority; if in each case to which par. (a) is applicable, the trustee, director, officer, or employee of the participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution abstains from discussion, deliberation, action, and vote by the authority in specific respect to any undertaking pursuant to this chapter in which his or her participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution has an interest, or the person having the required favorable reputation for skill, knowledge, and experience in state and municipal finance abstains from discussion, deliberation, action, and vote by the authority in specific respect to any sale, purchase, or ownership of bonds of the authority in which any business of which such person is a participant, owner, officer, or employee has a past, current, or future interest, or such person having the required favorable reputation for skill, knowledge, and experience in the field of health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility architecture abstains from discussion, deliberation, action, and vote by the authority in specific respect to construction or acquisition of any project of the authority in which any business of which such person is a participant, owner, officer, or employee has a past, current, or future interest.
20,2030
Section
2030. 231.03 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
231.03 (5) Determine the location and character of any project to be financed under this chapter, and construct, reconstruct, remodel, maintain, enlarge, alter, add to, repair, lease as lessee or lessor and regulate the same, enter into contracts for any such purpose, enter into contracts for the management and operation of a project or other health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities owned by the authority, and designate a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution as its agent to determine the location and character of a project undertaken by the participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution under this chapter and as the agent of the authority, to construct, reconstruct, remodel, maintain, manage, enlarge, alter, add to, repair, operate, lease as lessee or lessor and regulate the same, and as the agent of the authority, to enter into contracts for any such purpose, including contracts for the management and operation of such project or other health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities owned by the authority.
20,2031
Section
2031. 231.03 (6) (j) of the statutes is created to read:
231.03 (6) (j) Finance any project undertaken for a nonprofit facility by a participating nonprofit institution.
20,2032
Section
2032. 231.03 (6) (k) of the statutes is created to read:
231.03 (6) (k) Refinance outstanding debt of any participating nonprofit institution.
20,2033
Section
2033. 231.03 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
231.03 (7) Fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect rates, rents, fees, and charges for the use of and for the services furnished or to be furnished by a project or other health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities owned by the authority or any portion thereof, contract with any person in respect thereto and coordinate its policies and procedures, and cooperate with recognized health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility rate setting mechanisms.
20,2034
Section
2034. 231.03 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
231.03 (8) Adopt rules for the use of a project or other health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility or any portion of the project or facility owned, financed, or refinanced in whole or in part by the authority, including any property used as security for a loan secured through, from, or with the assistance of the authority. The authority may designate a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution as its agent to establish rules for the use of a project or other health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities undertaken for that participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution. The rules shall ensure that a project, health facility, educational facility, research facility, nonprofit facility, or property may not be used primarily for sectarian instruction or study or as a place for devotional activities or religious worship.
20,2035
Section
2035. 231.03 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
231.03 (11) Establish or contract with others to carry out on its behalf a health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility project cost estimating service, and make this service available on all projects to provide expert cost estimates and guidance to the participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution and to the authority. To implement this service and, through it, to contribute to cost containment, the authority may require such reasonable reports and documents from health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility projects as are required for this service and for the development of cost reports and guidelines. The authority shall appoint a technical committee on health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility project costs and cost containment.
20,2036
Section
2036. 231.03 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
231.03 (13) Make loans to any participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution for the cost of a project in accordance with an agreement between the authority and the participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution. The authority may secure the loan by a mortgage or other security arrangement on the health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility granted by the participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution to the authority. The loan may not exceed the total cost of the project as determined by the participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution and approved by the authority.
20,2037
Section
2037. 231.03 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
231.03 (14) Make loans to a health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility for which bonds may be issued under sub. (6) (b), (d), or (i), or (k), to refinance the health facility's, educational facility's, nonprofit facility's, or research facility's outstanding debt. The authority may secure the loan or bond by a mortgage or other security arrangement on the health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility granted by the participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution to the authority.
20,2038
Section
2038. 231.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
231.03 (15) Mortgage all or any portion of a project and other health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities and the site thereof, whether owned or thereafter acquired, for the benefit of the holders of bonds issued to finance the project, health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities or any portion thereof or issued to refund or refinance outstanding indebtedness of participating health institutions, participating educational institutions, participating nonprofit institutions, or
participating research institutions as permitted by this chapter.
20,2039
Section
2039. 231.03 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:
231.03 (16) Lease to a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution the project being financed or other health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities conveyed to the authority in connection with such financing, upon such terms and conditions as the authority deems proper, and charge and collect rents therefor, and terminate any such lease upon the failure of the lessee to comply with any of the obligations thereof; and include in any such lease, if desired, provisions that the lessee thereof shall have options to renew the term of the lease for such periods and at such rent as the authority determines or to purchase all or any part of the health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities or that, upon payment of all of the indebtedness incurred by the authority for the financing of such project or health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities or for refunding outstanding indebtedness of a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution, the authority may convey all or any part of the project or such other health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities to the lessees thereof with or without consideration.
20,2040
Section
2040. 231.03 (17) of the statutes is amended to read:
231.03 (17) Charge to and apportion among participating health institutions, participating educational institutions, participating nonprofit institutions, and participating research institutions its administrative costs and expenses incurred in the exercise of the powers and duties conferred by this chapter.
20,2041
Section
2041. 231.03 (18) of the statutes is amended to read:
231.03 (18) Make studies of needed health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, and research facilities that could not sustain a loan were it made under this chapter and recommend remedial action to the legislature; and do the same with regard to any laws or rules that prevent health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, and research facilities from benefiting from this chapter.
20,2042
Section
2042. 231.03 (19) of the statutes is amended to read:
231.03 (19) Obtain, or aid in obtaining, from any department or agency of the United States or of this state or any private company, any insurance or guaranty concerning the payment or repayment of, interest or principal, or both, or any part thereof, on any loan, lease, or obligation or any instrument evidencing or securing the same, made or entered into under the provisions of this chapter; and notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, to enter into any agreement, contract, or other instrument with respect to that insurance or guaranty, to accept payment in the manner and form provided therein in the event of default by a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution, and to assign the insurance or guaranty as security for the authority's bonds.
20,2043
Section
2043. 231.04 of the statutes is amended to read:
231.04 Expenses. All expenses of the authority incurred in carrying out this chapter shall be payable solely from funds provided under the authority of this chapter, and no liability may be incurred by the authority beyond the extent to which moneys have been provided under this chapter except that, for the purposes of meeting the necessary expenses of initial organization and operation of the authority for the period commencing on June 19, 1974 and continuing until such date as the authority derives moneys from funds provided to it under the authority of this chapter, the authority may borrow such moneys as it requires to supplement the funds provided under s. 20.440. Such moneys borrowed by the authority shall subsequently be charged to and apportioned among participating health institutions, participating educational institutions, participating nonprofit institutions, and participating research institutions in an equitable manner, and repaid with appropriate interest over a reasonable period of time.
20,2044
Section
2044. 231.05 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
231.05 (1) By means of this chapter, it is the intent of the legislature to provide assistance and alternative methods of financing to nonprofit health institutions
entities to aid them in providing needed health services consistent with the state's health plan, to nonprofit educational institutions to aid them in providing needed educational services, and to nonprofit research institutions to aid them in providing needed research facilities, and other needed services and facilities in this state.
20,2045
Section
2045. 231.06 of the statutes is amended to read:
231.06 Property acquisition. The authority may acquire, directly or by and through a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution as its agent, by purchase or by gift or devise, such lands, structures, property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in lands, including lands lying under water and riparian rights, as it deems necessary or convenient for the construction or operation of a project, upon such terms and at such prices as it considers reasonable and can be agreed upon between it and the owner thereof, and take title thereto in the name of the authority or in the name of a health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility as its agent.
20,2046
Section
2046. 231.07 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
231.07 (1) (b) Convey to the participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution the authority's interest in the project and in any other health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility leased, mortgaged, or subject to a deed of trust or any other form of security arrangement to secure the bond.
20,2047
Section
2047. 231.07 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
231.07 (2) (a) The principal of and interest on any bond issued by the authority to finance a project or to refinance or refund outstanding indebtedness of one or more participating health institutions, participating educational institutions, participating nonprofit institutions, or participating research institutions, including any refunding bonds issued to refund and refinance the bond, have been fully paid and the bonds retired or if the adequate provision has been made to pay fully and retire the bond; and
20,2048
Section
2048. 231.08 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
231.08 (5) In addition to the other authorizations under this section, bonds of the authority may be secured by a pooling of leases whereby the authority may assign its rights, as lessor, and pledge rents under 2 or more leases of health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities with 2 or more participating health institutions, participating educational institutions, participating nonprofit institutions, or participating research institutions, as lessees respectively, upon such terms as may be provided for in bond resolutions of the authority.
20,2049
Section
2049. 231.10 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
231.10 (1) The state is not liable on notes or bonds of the authority and the notes and bonds are not a debt of the state. All notes and bonds of the authority shall contain on the face thereof a statement to this effect. The issuance of bonds under this chapter shall not, directly or indirectly or contingently, obligate the state or any political subdivision thereof to levy any form of taxation therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment. Nothing in this section prevents the authority from pledging its full faith and credit or the full faith and credit of a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution to the payment of bonds authorized under this chapter.
20,2050
Section
2050. 231.12 of the statutes is amended to read:
231.12 Studies and recommendations. It is the intent and purpose of this chapter that the exercise by the authority of the powers granted to it shall be in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state to assist them to provide needed health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, and research facilities of the number, size, type, distribution, and operation that will assure admission and health care, education, or research opportunities, or other necessary services of high quality to all who need it. The authority shall identify and study all projects which are determined by health planning agencies to be needed, but which could not sustain a loan were such to be made to it under this chapter. The authority shall formulate and recommend to the legislature such amendments to this and other laws, and such other specific measures as grants, loan guarantees, interest subsidies, or other actions the state may provide which would render the construction and operation of needed health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, and research facilities feasible and in the public interest. The authority also shall identify and study any laws or rules which it finds handicaps or bars a needed health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility from participating in the benefits of this chapter, and recommend to the legislature such actions as will remedy such situation.
20,2051
Section
2051. 231.13 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
231.13 (1) (intro.) The authority shall collect rents for the use of, or other revenues relating to the financing of, each project. The authority shall contract with a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution for each issuance of bonds. The contract shall provide that the rents or other revenues payable by the health facility, educational facility, nonprofit facility, or research facility shall be sufficient at all times to:
20,2052
Section
2052. 231.13 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
231.13 (2) The authority shall pledge the revenues derived and to be derived from a project and other related health facilities, educational facilities, nonprofit facilities, or research facilities for the purposes specified in sub. (1), and additional bonds may be issued which may rank on a parity with other bonds relating to the project to the extent and on the terms and conditions provided in the bond resolution. Such pledge shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made, the revenues so pledged by the authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act and the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the authority, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the bond resolution nor any financing statement, continuation statement, or other instrument by which a pledge is created or by which the authority's interest in revenues is assigned need be filed or recorded in any public records in order to perfect the lien thereof as against 3rd parties, except that a copy thereof shall be filed in the records of the authority and with the department of financial institutions.
20,2053
Section
2053. 231.16 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
231.16 (1) The authority may issue bonds to refund any outstanding bond of the authority or indebtedness that a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution may have incurred for the construction or acquisition of a project prior to or after April 30, 1980, including the payment of any redemption premium on the outstanding bond or indebtedness and any interest accrued or to accrue to the earliest or any subsequent date of redemption, purchase, or maturity, or to pay all or any part of the cost of constructing and acquiring additions, improvements, extensions, or enlargements of a project or any portion of a project. Except for bonds to refund bonds issued under s. 231.03 (6) (g), no bonds may be issued under this section unless the authority has first entered into a new or amended agreement with a participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution to provide sufficient revenues to pay the costs and other items described in s. 231.13.
20,2054
Section
2054. 231.20 of the statutes is amended to read:
231.20 Waiver of construction and bidding requirements. In exercising its powers under s. 101.12, the department of safety and professional services or any city, village, town, or county may, within its discretion for proper cause shown, waive any particular requirements relating to public buildings, structures, grounds, works, and improvements imposed by law upon projects under this chapter; the requirements of s. 101.13 may not be waived, however. If, however, the prospective lessee so requests in writing, the authority shall, through the participating health institution, participating educational institution, participating nonprofit institution, or participating research institution as its agent, call for construction bids in such manner as is determined by the authority with the approval of the lessee.
20,2055
Section
2055. 231.23 of the statutes is amended to read:
231.23 Nonprofit institutions. It is intended that all nonprofit health institutions, educational institutions, and research institutions entities in this state be enabled to benefit from and participate in this chapter. To this end, all nonprofit health institutions, educational institutions, and research institutions entities operating, or authorized to be operated, under any law of this state may undertake projects and utilize the capital financing sources and methods of repayment provided by this chapter, the provisions of any other laws to the contrary notwithstanding.
20,2055b
Section 2055b. 234.47 of the statutes is created to read:
234.47 Blight elimination grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.490 (1) (k), the authority shall make grants for the elimination of blighted and abandoned properties in this state.
20,2055d
Section 2055d. 234.51 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
234.51 (2) (b) To Annually, beginning in 2013, to transfer annually to the general
Wisconsin development reserve fund, beginning no later than October 1, 2000, all moneys in the housing rehabilitation loan program administration fund that are no longer not required for the housing rehabilitation loan program.
20,2055e
Section 2055e. 234.622 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
234.622 (4) (intro.) "Participant" means all any of the following:
20,2055g
Section 2055g. 234.625 (4) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 234.625 (4) (b) (intro.) and amended to read:
234.625 (4) (b) (intro.) That the loan shall be due and payable upon the occurrence of any of the following events: transfer
1. Transfer of the qualifying dwelling unit by any means except upon transfer to a co-owner who resides in the unit and who is permitted to assume the participant's account as provided in s. 234.624, or the.
2. The death of the participant if the participant is the sole owner, or the.
3. The death of the last surviving co-owner who owns the qualifying dwelling unit, or upon discovery by the.
4. The authority discovers that a the participant or a co-owner has made a false statement on the application or otherwise in respect to the program, or upon.
5. The condemnation or involuntary conversion of the qualifying dwelling unit, or if a.
6. The participant ceases to meet the eligibility requirements of s. 234.623, except as provided in sub. (5) or.
7. The participant fails to comply with the provisions of par. (d) or, at.
8. At the participant's or co-owner's election, at any time before any of the events enumerated in this paragraph under subds. 1. to 7. occurs.
20,2055i
Section 2055i. 234.625 (4) (b) 9. of the statutes is created to read:
